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I've been to paradise

Kate Murphy
2002

I've been to Paradise plays with the familiar genres of pop video and home movie. Murphy is the artist turned pop star, belting out Never Been to Me by Charlene on a beige leatherette lounge. Murphy mocks and subverts the language of aesthetics of Top of the Pops.

Duration
5:00 minutes
Kate Murphy, I've been to paradise. Digital video still. Courtesy the artist and BREENSPACE, Sydney. © Kate Murphy, 2002
Kate Murphy, I've been to paradise. Digital video still. Courtesy the artist and BREENSPACE, Sydney. © Kate Murphy, 2002 
Kate Murphy, I've been to paradise. Digital video still. Courtesy the artist and BREENSPACE, Sydney. © Kate Murphy, 2002
Kate Murphy, I've been to paradise. Digital video still. Courtesy the artist and BREENSPACE, Sydney. © Kate Murphy, 2002